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9 hrs. 35 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Boris Vasilyev
Author
Boris Vasilyev
Narrator
Alexander Dunin
Narrator
Alexander Dunin
Description
One of the best books about the feat of Soviet soldiers who were the first to stand up to defend the Motherland at Brest Fortress.
Boris Vasiliev (1924–2013) went to the front at 17, just like thousands of other boys and girls who were knocking on military enlistment office doors that year. And Boris Lvovich wrote precisely about them—about those who fought shoulder to shoulder with him, the same young as he himself. The novel’s main character, Nikolai Pluzhnikov, like the author, is very young at the beginning of the war. Like the author, he quickly grows up—losing comrades, pouring out his own blood on the native land. And by the author’s will, he goes into immortality. Readers confirmed it: Nikolai Pluzhnikov stepped into immortality. Magnificent and dramatic, the novel became a classic of Russian literature.
Boris Vasiliev (1924–2013) went to the front at 17, just like thousands of other boys and girls who were knocking on military enlistment office doors that year. And Boris Lvovich wrote precisely about them—about those who fought shoulder to shoulder with him, the same young as he himself. The novel’s main character, Nikolai Pluzhnikov, like the author, is very young at the beginning of the war. Like the author, he quickly grows up—losing comrades, pouring out his own blood on the native land. And by the author’s will, he goes into immortality. Readers confirmed it: Nikolai Pluzhnikov stepped into immortality. Magnificent and dramatic, the novel became a classic of Russian literature.
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